Pictorial: Soft Cut Crease

20 October, 2014

There are certain looks that never fail to look good for any occasion. Whether if it's a wedding, a girls night out, or a club night, one thing is certain: black fits everything. To try something different from a smokey eye, in this pictorial I will show you how I create a simple soft cut crease makeup using eyeshadows from the Naked 2 Palette.

STEPS: 1. After priming my eyes, I applied Foxy all over my eyelid just to work as a base for the eyeshadow that I added in the end. 2. With a black kohl pencil, create a V shape on the outer edge of the eye, starting from the lash line as if you were creating a wing but coming back in towards the crease. 3. Smudge the liner with a pencil brush, use whatever is left on the brush to take the line in the crease a little further in. 4. Top the liner with Blackout to intensify the black, use a tiny brush to avoid spreading the eyeshadow to the bare sides. 5. Use Tease to blend out the outer edges with a fluffy brush, you can go over the inner edges very gently just making sure you don't blend the color into the lids. 6. Repeat the last two steps by adding more Blackout and blending out with Tease until you reach the desired intensity, I did it 3 times. 7. Once I blended out everything, I packed Bootycall in the bare area of the eyelid to add a little sparkle to the eyes. You can skip this step if you want a matte look or add more of Foxy instead. 8. For the lower part of the eyes, I used Tease in the entire area just to add a little color but still keeping the drama up in the crease, then I added a tiny amount of Blackout to the outer third to connect it with the top. 9. Create a dramatic wing and connect it ever so slightly to the lower lash line, don't forget to line you eyes on the inside to intensify the look, I used gel liner for both. 10. To finish the look, highlight the inner corners and brow bones with Bootycall (or Foxy for matte looks) and add a lot of black mascara.